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A Chaldean Catholic woman holds a rosary during a Mass at Saint Joseph's Chaldean Catholic Church in the Ankawa neighborhood of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan on June 27, 2014. Many Iraqi Christians have fled to Erbil from other parts of the country because of violence from Muslim extremists.

A Chaldean Catholic woman holds a rosary during a mass at Saint Joseph’s Chaldean Catholic Church in the Ankawa neighborhood of Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, June 27, 2014. Many Iraqi Christians have fled to Erbil from other parts of the country because of violence from Muslim extremists.

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